Roey HeifetzBerlin, Germany

Artist’s Statement

Roey Heifetz' most recent work consists of drawings of oversized figures that seem to float in front of the white paper background. The artist often provides them with generic titles such as “The Secretary”, “The Librarian” or “The Teacher”. Starting out from a certain authority suggested by the titles and at the same time from the figures’ complete anonymity, Heifetz subjects them to an intense process of deconstruction in drawing.

The act of drawing is important to him rather than the story of the characters, which always remains untold. The artist enters into an intense dialogue with his works, which the enigmatic fascination to his figures in the field of conflict between figuration and abstraction, uniformity and precise details.